Field Notes: Reflections

Explorations of experience, behaviour, relationships and the conditions shaping our choices.

Are Children Choosing Their Food, or Are We Designing Their Choices?

Are children simply choosing what to eat, or are their choices being shaped by the conditions around them? New research into ultra-processed foods raises questions about reward, experience and behaviour. A Zesti Reflection on value, ease, feedback and what happens when we begin by noticing.

Field Notes

The Coat Was Never the Point

A forgotten coat becomes a lens on how behaviour emerges from the conditions people are carrying. Messages stall, routines break, responsibilities slip — not through intention, but through the quiet pressures shaping what feels possible in a moment.